Teaching and Learning Assistant
Acland Burghley School, London, NW5 1UJThis job expired on 27 September 2024 – see similar jobs
Start date details
As soon as possible
Closing date
27 September 2024 at 9am
Date listed
17 September 2024
Job details
Job role
- Teaching assistant
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage
- Key stage 3, Key stage 4, Key stage 5
Working pattern
- Full time: 35 hours per week, 39 weeks per year
Contract type
- Permanent
Pay scale
- Scale 4 point 7 £25,532
What skills and experience we're looking for
Acland Burghley School is seeking to appoint an exceptional Teaching & Learning Assistant to join the team. Successful applicants will have a passionate commitment to ensuring that every child makes outstanding academic progress. They will understand the role that adults within the classroom can play in supporting young people with additional educational needs to develop independence and to overcome barriers to learning.
The post holders will be members of the Additional Educational Needs Faculty, which supports learning across the school as well as in the specialist Autism Resource Base. Their work will be supporting faculty teams to deliver an outstanding quality of provision for all students.
Successful candidates will be highly effective, flexible, positive and reliable team players, with the ability to make impact and raise standards for young people with a range of special needs. They will work with the rest of the AEN Team in securing provision for students with additional needs. They will have specific oversight of a number of students with special needs across the school, frequently liaising with parents/carers. They will have a desire to progress professionally and personally within the role.
Applicants should demonstrate the ability to take direction within a complex team, and also to self-direct and make decisions to ensure maximum impact on student progress. They will have a keen awareness of how effective personalisation helps children to learn. They will place great emphasis on developing partnerships between the school and families. Above all, they will show an uncompromising belief in the potential of every student, and the skills to personalise their approach so that every child succeeds.
What the school offers its staff
At Acland Burghley we have a two-tier Teaching & Learning Assistant structure. Alongside Teaching & Learning Assistants, we also have Senior Teaching & Learning Assistants who have additional responsibilities in the school.
If you would like to play your part in securing outstanding provision for our students, we would very much like to hear from you.
Commitment to safeguarding
Acland Burghley School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All successful candidates will be required to undergo an enhanced DBS Check, online vetting check and to demonstrate full understanding of the school’s safeguarding policies and procedures.
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About Acland Burghley School
- School type
- Local authority maintained school, ages 11 to 18
- Education phase
- Secondary
- School size
- 1166 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
- School website
- Acland Burghley School website (opens in new tab)
- Email address
- recruitment@aclandburghley.camden.sch.uk
- Phone number
- 02074858515
Situated close to Hampstead Heath in the heart of North London, Acland Burghley is a mixed, inclusive, community comprehensive school that enjoys high levels of parental support and a close collaborative relationship with other local schools. It is part of the popular and highly successful LaSWAP post-16 consortium with Parliament Hill, La Sainte Union and William Ellis Schools, and a founder member of Camden Learning.
Arranging a visit to Acland Burghley School
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email recruitment@aclandburghley.camden.sch.uk.
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